Kitchen cabinet



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412.- L. RAMSEY. KITGl-EN CABINET;

No. 528,180. Patented 001;. 3o,\1894.

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ATENT J. S. GRUMBLEY,

KITCHEN or sAME PLACE.

CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 528,180, dated October 30, 1894.

Application filed December 9, 189s. l serai No. 493,262. (No man f To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, PHILIP L. RAMSEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elkton, in the county of Todd andState of Kentucky, have invented a new.and useful Kitchen- 1abinet, of which the following is a specificaion.

The invention relates to improvements in kitchen cabinets.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of kitchen cabinets, and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive one, in which the parts will be com pactly arranged, and which will hold various kitchen articles within convenient reach of the operator.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of 'a kitchen cabinet embodying the in- Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional View. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken at right angles to Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional View, illustrating the locking mechanism of the upper drawers.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates the casing of a kitchen cabinet, provided witha central compartment or section 2, which, when the kitchen cabinet is not in use, is closed by a downwardly swinging door 3 that forms a kneading board when in a horizontal "position, The hinged door 3 is supported in a horizontal position to form a kneading board by a hinged brace 4, which has its upper end attached to the outer face of the door 3, and its lower end arranged in a vertical guide or way 5. The upper end of the brace 4 is connected by ahinge 4a to the door, and the lower end of it is arranged between vertical cleats, which form the guideor way 5. The vertical cleats 5 are provided at their ends with enlargements and are offset from the casing to form longitudinal openings 6 to receive laterally extending lugs 7 of the brace 4, the lugs being preferably formed by a pin passing through the brace and serving as means for securing the lower end of the brace in the guide or ways.

divided by a horizontal shelf 8, and is prowhich are located above the shelf 8 and are arranged vertically.

The extreme top of the cabinet is provided with end drawers 10, and intermediate drawers 11. The end drawers and the lower one of the intermediate drawers are locked when the downwardly swinging door 3 is closed, by means of a horizontally disposed locking strip 12 which is hinged below the parting Strip or partition for supporting the drawers 10 and 11, and which is providedwith upward projecting bolts 13. The bolts extend` through openings 14 of the casing and engage shouldered notches 15 of the drawers 10 and 11, whereby when the locking strip is forced upward by the closing of the door 3 the drawers 10 and 11 will be securely locked. The downwardly swinging door 3 is provided with a lock and key for securing it in a closed position.

The kitchen cabinet is provided at its top with a coee receptacle or hopper 16, which adapted to discharge its contents into the same. The coli'ee mill is located within the casing. Its crank handle 18 extends through the adjacent side of the casing, and its dis-V The central section or compartment 2 is' vided at each sidewith a series of drawers 9,l

is arranged over a coffee mill 17, and is spout, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings.

Atene side of the cabinet at the top thereof is arranged a dove-tailed slide 20, which lis arranged in dove-tailed ways composed of a top of the casing.` The slide is adaptedto be drawn out, and has depending from its outer end a scale balance 23. Y

The bottom section or lower portion of the cabinet is divided into flour and meal bins 24, which are'located directly below the intermediate compartment,` and the extreme bottom of the cabinet forms a closet for the reception of provisions or the like.

lower cleat 21 and the border strip 22 of the IOO The cabinet may be made ant-proof by any suitable means, preferably by binding the edges of the downwardly swinging door 3 and the closet door 25 with felt or the like.

It will be seen that the kitchen cabinet is simple and comparativelyinexpensive in construction, that it is compactly arranged, and that the drawers, compartments and other parts are within convenient reach, and are readily accessible.

Changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

What I claim is- In a cabinet, the combination of a casing having a horizontal parting strip or partition provided with openings 14, a horizontal row of drawers provided at their bottoms with shouldered notches located above the openings of the parting strip or partition, a horizontally disposed locking strip located beneath the parting strip or partition and hinged at its outer edge tothe same and provided with a series of upward extending bolts passing through said openings and arranged to engage the notches of the drawers, and a downwardly swinging door located beneath and arranged to engage the lower face of the locking strip, whereby the series of bolts are automatically carried into engagement with the notches of the drawers when the door is closed, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PHILIP L. RAMsEY.

Witnesses:

L. J. OLDHAM, JOE. BUCKINs. 

